United States of America, Colorado, Mesa, Gateway Palisade Natural Area N of Gateway between CO hwy 141 & Dolores R.; minor drainage at end of 2- track road ca. 1mi. E of Mesa Co road 4.2 on W side of the Palisade
38.71082 -108.99106 WGS84
Decimal latitude and longitude calculated by collector. Used software BaseCamp (Garmin) to convert NAD27 to decimal latitude and longitude. Collector corrected or updated georeference in 2019.
1487 meters
4880 ft.
Adjacent to stream-bed In barren, gravelly, flat portion of stream-bed bounded by banks of maroon rock bands and rocky debris slopes; closest associates include Yucca angustifolia, Ephedra torreyana, Guterrezia microcephala, Aliciella haydenii, Chamaesyce fendleri, Stephanomeria pauciflora; annual; stems prostrate; very common locally.
For additional information about this specimen, please contact: Jennifer Ackerfield, Head Curator of Biodiversity Collections (jennifer.ackerfield@botanicgardens.org)